Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Lemont, IL · Cook County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 2 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- ILL028070
- Effective
- Permit expires
- December 2030
- Population served
- 17,338
- CWNS 2022
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Lemont, Cook County, Illinois treating an average of 2 million gallons per day, serving about 17,338 residents. Treatment on site includes clarifiers. It discharges under NPDES permit ILL028070 (effective), which expires in December 2030, with 2 recorded violations in the last three years.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures identified at this facility. Exact unit counts are available in Klarifi.
Clarifiers
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 2
- Effluent violations
- 0
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
Key contacts
4 verified contacts for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District: frequently asked questions
Sources and methodology
Flow, permit and violation figures come from the EPA's ICIS-NPDES discharge monitoring records. Population served comes from the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022. Treatment structures are identified by Klarifi's review of aerial imagery, and capital improvement projects are extracted from published municipal budget documents. Violations are counted over the last three years of monitoring reports.
Data refreshed September 11, 2026; facility record last updated August 11, 2026.